Surface Brillouin Scattering in Optical Microfibers

Thibaut Sylvestre (1) , Joël Cabrel Tchahame (1) , Adrien Godet (1) , Kien Phan Huy (1) , Vincent Laude (1) , Jean-Charles Beugnot (1)

1 FEMTO-ST - Franche-Comté Électronique Mécanique, Thermique et Optique - Sciences et Technologies (UMR 6174)

We demonstrate a new type of Brillouin scattering in silica-based tapered and photonic crystal fibers arising from the interaction between guided light and surface acoustic waves. This effect may prove interesting for applications to optical sensing that can exploit surface acoustic waves, or for precise metrology of optical microfibers.

Mots clés: Brillouin scattering; tapered optical fibers; photonic crystal fibers; surface acoustic waves

Domaines: Optique / photonique

Thibaut Sylvestre, Joël Cabrel Tchahame, Adrien Godet, Kien Phan Huy, Vincent Laude, et al.. Surface Brillouin Scattering in Optical Microfibers. CLEO Pacific Rim, Jul 2017, Singapour, Singapore. ⟨hal-01609150⟩